DCI Consulting Blog

By: Keli Wilson

In September of 2024, the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC)released a reporttitledWhat Good Looks Like: A Corporate Accountability Report on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.In this report, CBC provided a scorecard on corporate ...

By: Quentin Dorsey

Navigating a compliance review (“audit”) with the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) can be a complex and nerve-wracking experience for federal contractors. The process is oftenextensive, and the results can...

By: Grace Boudjalis and Bre Timko

As artificial intelligence (AI) technologies continue toevolvein the workplace, legislation focusing on regulating such technologiesis also becomingmore common. A recent example comes from Illinois, where...

By: Lily Kerr

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) recently welcomed a new Deputy Director, Anupa Iyer Geevarghese, on September 3rd. Although an official announcement from OFCCP has not been made as...

By: Lisa Harpe, Jon Geier, and Don Lustenberger

Our summer blog series contrasting “expert” versus “robot” approaches to pay equity ends this week as we discuss the role of legal counsel and the importance of establishing attorney–client privilege...

By: Bre Timko and Dave Schmidt

California’s Assembly Bill (AB) 2930 was introduced by the California State Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee in February 2024 and, if signed into law, will impose certain requirements on entities...

By: Stephanie Horn and Bill Osterndorf

Massachusetts has joined various other states in enacting a pay transparency law. Starting October 29, 2025, employers with 25 or more employees in Massachusetts must include a pay range in any advertisement or...

By: Bill Osterndorf

UPDATE 3: On January 16, 2025, Massachusetts opened the portal meant to collect the EEO-1 reports of covered employers. Reports must be submitted by February 3, 2025.

UPDATE 2: On January 14, 2025, Massachusetts released a notice...

By: Chad Peddie

On July 25, 2024, the Civil Rights Audit Standards (the Standards) were published by an independent committee led by PolicyLink, a leading national research and action institute dedicated to racial and economic equity and CapEQ, an...

By: Don Lustenberger and Lisa Harpe

Our summer blog series contrasting “expert” versus “robot” approaches to pay equity continues this week as we discuss what happens after compensation data have been analyzed: investigating the results of the...

By: Evan Szarenski and Jon Geier

There has been a lot written about the recent Supreme Court decision reversing the 1984 decision in Chevron (Chevron U.S.A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., 467 U.S. 837 (1984)) and the Chevron...

By: Lisa Harpe and Don Lustenberger

In our second and previous installment of our summer blog series contrasting "expert” versus ”robot” approaches to conducting a pay-equity study, we described how the more traditional, consultant-led approaches...